METHOD FOR COMPENSATING FAILING NOZZLES

A method is provided for controlling the ejection of ink drops from an inkjet printhead. The printhead comprises an array of ink chambers with nozzles arranged for applying a row of ink dots on a receiving medium using a control signal. The method comprises the steps of labeling a nozzle as a functi...

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Hauptverfasser:	KLEIN KOERKAMP, KOEN J, VAN GALEN, FRANCISCUS J.M, VAN WELIE, ALBERT G.M
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME LINING MACHINES PERFORMING OPERATIONS PRINTING SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS STAMPS TRANSPORTING TYPEWRITERS
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Zusammenfassung:	A method is provided for controlling the ejection of ink drops from an inkjet printhead. The printhead comprises an array of ink chambers with nozzles arranged for applying a row of ink dots on a receiving medium using a control signal. The method comprises the steps of labeling a nozzle as a functioning nozzle if the nozzle, upon activation by a control signal, ejects an ink drop within predefined specifications, otherwise labeling the nozzle as a failing nozzle, and distributing a control signal associated with a failing nozzle to a neighbouring nozzle to maintain a local optical density, wherein said control signal associated with a failing nozzle is not distributed to a neighbouring nozzle, if a neighbouring nozzle of said failing nozzle is also labeled as a failing nozzle.